Conflicting medication information: Prevalence, sources, and relationship to medication adherence

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-81

  Carpenter, Delesha M ^a   Elstad, Emily A ^b   Blalock, Susan J ^a   Devellis, Robert F ^c  

^a UNC Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MEDICATION KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84891631803     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.798380     Document Type: Article

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